英語口語話題-TheOscarRaceinChina

1、英語口語話題:TheOscarRaceinChina編者按：奧斯卡獎是一個國際性的比賽，近年來越來越受到做人的喜愛與追逐，許多演員都有向傲視開獎項進發(fā)的趨勢，我們來看一看用英語如何解釋這個話題。ChinesefilmphenomenonWolfWarrior2（戰(zhàn)狼2zhnlng2）wasselectedastheChineseentryfortheBestForeignLanguageFilmcategoryatthe90thAcademyAwardsthismonth.Asacommercialblockbuster,WolfWarrior2（戰(zhàn)狼2zhnlng2）achievedhuge

2、successbothattheboxofficeandinpublicpraise.Moreimportantly,itredefinedChinasentryforOscarawards.SomepeopleareexcitedtoseethisfilmflyingtheflagforChinainanOscarbid,whileothersthinkotherwise.Itreceivedpraiseforitspatrioticplot,actionsequencesandthecastsperformancesbutwascriticizedforexcessiveattention

3、tovisualeffectsandaplotshortofthemes.Since1979,onlyfourChinesefilmshavebeenofficiallynominatedfortheBestForeignLanguageFilm,despitesubmissionseachyear.ThefourareJuDou（jdu菊豆），RaisetheRedLantern（dhngdmglonggBgggu大紅燈籠高高桂）andHero（ymgxing英雄）,directedbyZhangYimou,andFarewellMyConcubine（bwngbiji霸王別姬）,byChe

4、nKaige.Thosefilmsmayhavedifferentdirectors,plotsandperformances,buttheyallboastastrongartisticatmosphereandmemorablemoments.Theyarereferredtoasliteraryfilms（wnypian文藝片）.Atthattime,literaryfilmsseemedtowinthefavorofwesternfilmfestivaljuriesandoccupyahugemarketshareintheChinesemainland.Indeed,thetwent

5、yyearsfrom1985to20xxrepresentthegoldenperiodforChineseliteraryfilmsandmaketheworldbetterunderstandChinesefilmasanartform.However,aviciouscirclebegantomakeinroadsonthefilmindustryinChina.Quiteafewdirectorspaidtoomuchattentiontoproducingliteraryfilms,despitepublicresponseandboxofficefailure.Andinmanyr

6、esearchcentersandinstitutionsofhigherlearning,teachershaveadvocatedtheFrenchNewWavewhilelookingdownoncommercialfilms.Thetruthwas,atthattime,youngpeoplewouldratherwatchHongKongcomediesandcostumefilmsthroughrentingVCDsathomethansupportongoingartfilmsatthetheaters,saysWangYichuan,directoroftheSchoolofA

7、rtsatPekingUniversity.ThefilmindustryintheChinesemainlandwasoutoflinewiththegeneralpublicatthattime.HongKongcomediesandcostumefilmsincludingAChineseOdyssey(left)andSwordsmanseries(right)haveafar-reachingimpactonChinesemainlandmovie-goers.Gradually,theviciouscirclehasbeenbrokeninthepastfiveyears.Many

8、top-grossingmovies,includingWolfWarrior2,MonsterHuntandOperationMekonghaveshakentheworldfilmmarketandachievedmassivesuccess,bothcommercialandinpublicresponse,provingthepoweroftheChinesefilmindustry.Ittookmorethan100yearstoformtheAmericanfilmindustry,andsomefundamentalconceptsandstandardsforexcellent

9、moviescannotbechangedeasily.MovieslikeKungFuPandaandMulanarebasedonthetasteofAmericanaudiences,fillingsomeso-calledChinese-styleelementsinthemovies,movieexpertZhuYisaid.ChinesedirectorGuYuechoesthisopinion.Oscarjudgeshavetheirownstandardswhentheyselectcandidatefilms,whileourdomesticdirectorsstillhavetofollowourown